The two elements of poem

THE ELEMENT OF POEM

1.      The word structure and how they are ordered in the poem

Words serve to be the reservoir of emotions and cathartic rehabilitation, the more you read them the more they seep into you and you knowingly or unknowingly drown into unraveling their true, unadulterated meaning. The words with which the lines end are the most important string of letters as their aura is carried till you reach the end of the next line.

2.      Imagery

We speak of the pictures evoked in a poem as 'imagery'. Imagery refers to the "pictures" which we perceive with our mind's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and through which we experience the "duplicate world" created by poetic language. Imagery evokes the meaning and truth of human experiences not in abstract terms, as in philosophy, but in more perceptible and tangible forms. This is a device by which the poet makes his meaning strong, clear and sure.  The poet uses sound words and words of color and touch in addition to figures of speech.  As well, concrete details that appeal to the reader's senses are used to build up images.